Transverse shear and pressurization effects in the bending of plates with reinforced cracks

Abstract

The authors develop an eigth-order model for bending of transversally isotropic plates and use integral transforms and a collocation method to form a line-spring model for a cracked plate. The eigth-order model allows satisfaction of the three standard plate bending boundary conditions; the normal moment, twisting moment, and transverse shear force, and an additional shear stress resultant that allows analysis of transverse normal stresses near the crack tip. The line-spring model is used to develop geometry correction factors for bending of finite-thickness plates, accounting for transverse shear deformation and pressurization of the plate near the crack tip. The line-spring model is then applied to the problem of a plate with a reinforced crack, and the results are used to validate an interpolation solution based on an energy method. While not explicitly analysed, the models are applicable to many problems, including bending of bonded repairs, fracture and fatigue of composite and layered materials, surface cracks, crack tip plasticity and crack closure or crack face interaction.

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